Abi O'Callaghan Platt is a campaign manager and environmental researcher at VOICE Ireland. Although VOICE has loads of great initiatives on reducing waste of all kind and encouraging more thoughtful use of resources, in this chat we focus on just one of their projects, MENSY. MENSY aims to train youth leaders to empower young people with knowledge around periods and menstrutaion. In a previous episode (#34 with Augustina), we delved deep into eco alternatives for disposable period products so in this episode, we chat about the poverty and heath side of things too. If you're a youth leader of any kind, make sure to check out their training manual or get an inperson training if you can!

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[03:00] Introducing Abi!

[07:20] What is MENSY?

[10:05] The waste issue with single use menstrual products

[15:50] How Mensy was tackling this issue

[24:20] Periods and gender inequality

[32:30] What bottom up and top down changes Abi would like to see in regards to period products and gender equality

[35:00] Tips for preventing foodwaste

[43:20] Imagining the future

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